RavenMiner 2.2.5-RVN (Feb 2018) "x16r algo"
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If you find this tool useful and like to support its continuous
development, then consider a donation.
tpruvot@github:
BTC : 1AJdfCpLWPNoAMDfHF1wD5y8VgKSSTHxPo
DCR : DsUCcACGcyP8McNMRXQwbtpDxaVUYLDQDeU
todd1251@github:
RVN : RWoyvvT5exmbs937QfRavf4fxB5mvijG6R (aka penfold)
DJM34:
BTC donation address: 1NENYmxwZGHsKFmyjTc5WferTn5VTFb7Ze
cbuchner v1.2:
LTC donation address: LKS1WDKGED647msBQfLBHV3Ls8sveGncnm
BTC donation address: 16hJF5mceSojnTD3ZTUDqdRhDyPJzoRakM
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>>> Introduction <<<
This is a CUDA accelerated mining application which handle :
Raven (X16R)
where some of these coins have a VERY NOTABLE nVidia advantage
over competing AMD (OpenCL Only) implementations.
We did not take a big effort on improving usability, so please set
your parameters carefuly.
THIS PROGRAMM IS PROVIDED "AS-IS", USE IT AT YOUR OWN RISK!
If you're interessted and read the source-code, please excuse
that the most of our comments are in german.
Example Files PreMade!
raven-pool-switcher.conf -> Config file to switch pools or addresses to be used with -c in a .bat file
raven.conf -> Config file to mine to a single pool to be used with -c in a .bat file
raven-pool-switcher.bat -> Batch file to switch pool, edit and launch
raven.bat -> Batch file to mine to a single pool, edit and launch
Example for Raven Mining with a single gpu in your system
Windows: RavenMiner-x64.exe -o stratum+tcp://pool.threeeyed.info:3333 -u <<WALLET>> -p rig1,stats
Linux/OSX: RavenMiner-x64 -o stratum+tcp://pool.threeeyed.info:3333 -u <<WALLET>> -p rig1,stats
>>> Configuration files <<<
With the -c parameter you can use a json config file to set your prefered settings.
An example is present in source tree, and is also the default one when no command line parameters are given.
This allow you to run the miner without batch/script.
>>> API and Monitoring <<<
With the -b parameter you can open your RavenMiner to your network, use -b 0.0.0.0:4068 if required.
On windows, setting 0.0.0.0 will ask firewall permissions on the first launch. Its normal.
Default API feature is only enabled for localhost queries by default, on port 4068.
You can test this api on linux with "telnet <miner-ip> 4068" and type "help" to list the commands.
Default api format is delimited text. If required a php json wrapper is present in api/ folder.
I plan to add a json format later, if requests are formatted in json too..
>>> Solo Mining <<<
For solo-mining you typically use -o http://127.0.0.1:xxxx where xxxx represents
the rpcport number specified in your wallet's .conf file and you have to pass the same username
and password with -O (or -u -p) as specified in the wallet config.
The wallet must also be started with the -server option and/or with the server=1 flag in the .conf file
>>> Additional Notes <<<
This code should be running on nVidia GPUs ranging from compute capability
3.0 up to compute capability 5.2. Support for Compute 2.0 has been dropped
so we can more efficiently implement new algorithms using the latest hardware
features.
The recommended CUDA Toolkit version was the [6.5.19]http://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/6_5/rel/installers/cuda_6.5.19_windows_general_64.exe but some light algos could be faster with the version 7.5 and 8.0 (like lbry, decred and skein).
>>> About source code dependencies <<<
This project requires some libraries to be built :
- OpenSSL (prebuilt for win)
- Curl (prebuilt for win)
- pthreads (prebuilt for win)
The tree now contains recent prebuilt openssl and curl .lib for both x86 and x64 platforms (windows).
To rebuild them, you need to clone this repository and its submodules :
git clone https://github.com/peters/curl-for-windows.git compat/curl-for-windows
>>> Compile on Linux <<<
Please see https://github.com/tpruvot/ccminer/blob/linux/INSTALL
>>> Command Line Interface <<<
This code is based on the pooler cpuminer and inherits
its command line interface and options.
-d, --devices gives a comma separated list of CUDA device IDs
to operate on. Device IDs start counting from 0!
Alternatively give string names of your card like
gtx780ti or gt640#2 (matching 2nd gt640 in the PC).
-i, --intensity=N[,N] GPU threads per call 8-25 (2^N + F, default: 0=auto)
Decimals and multiple values are allowed for fine tuning
--cuda-schedule Set device threads scheduling mode (default: auto)
-f, --diff-factor Divide difficulty by this factor (default 1.0)
-m, --diff-multiplier Multiply difficulty by this value (default 1.0)
-o, --url=URL URL of mining server
-O, --userpass=U:P username:password pair for mining server
-u, --user=USERNAME username for mining server
-p, --pass=PASSWORD password for mining server
--cert=FILE certificate for mining server using SSL
-x, --proxy=[PROTOCOL://]HOST[:PORT] connect through a proxy
-t, --threads=N number of miner threads (default: number of nVidia GPUs in your system)
-r, --retries=N number of times to retry if a network call fails
(default: retry indefinitely)
-R, --retry-pause=N time to pause between retries, in seconds (default: 15)
--shares-limit maximum shares to mine before exiting the program.
--time-limit maximum time [s] to mine before exiting the program.
-T, --timeout=N network timeout, in seconds (default: 300)
-s, --scantime=N upper bound on time spent scanning current work when
long polling is unavailable, in seconds (default: 5)
--submit-stale ignore stale job checks, may create more rejected shares
-n, --ndevs list cuda devices
-N, --statsavg number of samples used to display hashrate (default: 30)
--no-gbt disable getblocktemplate support (height check in solo)
--no-longpoll disable X-Long-Polling support
--no-stratum disable X-Stratum support
-q, --quiet disable per-thread hashmeter output
--no-color disable colored output
-D, --debug enable debug output
-P, --protocol-dump verbose dump of protocol-level activities
-b, --api-bind=port IP:port for the miner API (default: 127.0.0.1:4068), 0 disabled
--api-remote Allow remote control, like pool switching, imply --api-allow=0/0
--api-allow=... IP/mask of the allowed api client(s), 0/0 for all
--max-temp=N Only mine if gpu temp is less than specified value
--max-rate=N[KMG] Only mine if net hashrate is less than specified value
--max-diff=N Only mine if net difficulty is less than specified value
--max-log-rate Interval to reduce per gpu hashrate logs (default: 3)
--pstate=0 will force the Geforce 9xx to run in P0 P-State
--plimit=150W set the gpu power limit, allow multiple values for N cards
on windows this parameter use percentages (like OC tools)
--tlimit=85 Set the gpu thermal limit (windows only)
--keep-clocks prevent reset clocks and/or power limit on exit
--hide-diff Hide submitted shares diff and net difficulty
-B, --background run the miner in the background
--benchmark run in offline benchmark mode
--cputest debug hashes from cpu algorithms
--cpu-affinity set process affinity to specific cpu core(s) mask
--cpu-priority set process priority (default: 0 idle, 2 normal to 5 highest)
-c, --config=FILE load a JSON-format configuration file
can be from an url with the http:// prefix
-V, --version display version information and exit
-h, --help display this help text and exit
Scrypt specific options:
-l, --launch-config gives the launch configuration for each kernel
in a comma separated list, one per device.
--interactive comma separated list of flags (0/1) specifying
which of the CUDA device you need to run at inter-
active frame rates (because it drives a display).
-L, --lookup-gap Divides the per-hash memory requirement by this factor
by storing only every N'th value in the scratchpad.
Default is 1.
--texture-cache comma separated list of flags (0/1/2) specifying
which of the CUDA devices shall use the texture
cache for mining. Kepler devices may profit.
--no-autotune disable auto-tuning of kernel launch parameters
>>> RELEASE HISTORY <<<
Feb. 2018 v2.2.5-RVN
strip all algos but x16r (rvn)
>>> AUTHORS <<<
Notable contributors to this application are:
Christian Buchner, Christian H. (Germany): Initial CUDA implementation
djm34, tsiv, sp and klausT for cuda algos implementation and optimisation
Tanguy Pruvot : 750Ti tuning, blake, colors, zr5, skein, general code cleanup
API monitoring, linux Config/Makefile and vstudio libs...
todd1251 : Stripping out all outgos for just Ravencoin (x16r)
MSFTserver : Customizing for Ravencoin
and also many thanks to anyone else who contributed to the original
cpuminer application (Jeff Garzik, pooler), it's original HVC-fork
and the HVC-fork available at hvc.1gh.com
Source code is included to satisfy GNU GPL V3 requirements.
With kind regards,
Christian Buchner ( Christian.Buchner@gmail.com )
Christian H. ( Chris84 )
Tanguy Pruvot ( tpruvot@github )MSFTserver/RavenMiner
RavenMiner is based on ccminer-2.2.5 from tpruvot version stripped down to use only the x16r algo
CGPL-3.0